When the OnStar RemoteLink Mobile App launched, it was the first app from an automaker to offer Bismarck-Mandan-area drivers remote access to their vehicle. Now RemoteLink can claim the distinction of being the first remote telemetry app from an automaker to work on all four primary smartphone platforms – iPhone, Android, Blackberry and now Microsoft Windows phones.
OnStar has expanded the availability of RemoteLink so that GM drivers with select Microsoft Windows phones can start experiencing remote vehicle connectivity. The app is available on both Windows Phone 7 and 8 operating systems, and will be accessible in the Windows Phone Store on mobile devices.
“The RemoteLink app has been available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphones for a while now,” said Wade Huber, Manager of Kupper Chevrolet. “But OnStar heard from many Bismarck-Mandan-area subscribers asking for a Windows app.”
Today, the RemoteLink Mobile App, which is available for nearly all of Kupper Chevrolet’s GM models, has been downloaded more than 1.7 million times. The most common use of the app is checking vehicle data such as oil life, tire pressure and fuel level. These requests get made nearly 600,000 times every month.
RemoteLink for Windows, like the Blackberry version, was written using HTML5 technology. HTML5 is a language for structuring and writing content for the web that is gaining momentum in the mobile app space.
The app will be available for Bismarck-Mandan-area OnStar subscribers and will support four language options, including English and Spanish.
This expansion comes on the heels of the announcement that RemoteLink’s key-fob based features - remote start, lock, unlock and horn and lights activation – would be standard for five years on all new GM vehicles. This launch means that Bismarck-Mandan-area GM drivers with select Windows phones will be able to access RemoteLink key-fob features as well. The five years of standard remote key-fob services does not include access to additional OnStar services.
RemoteLink connects to a driver’s vehicle in a secure fashion, requiring a username and password to log in and a four digit PIN to make a remote vehicle command.
OnStar subscribers can download the application and visit onstar.com to enable remote commands.
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